A Road in India (1938)

A tribute to the great British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who died in April 2009 aged 94. For more information about Jack's life and work see http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people...

The sights of India as seen from the perspective of a dusty road. This portrait of 'the enigmatic and disturbing East' is big on exoticism and cliché, but Jack Cardiff's Technicolor cinematography makes for typically compelling viewing. Cardiff later won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the India-set - though filmed in the UK - 'Black Narcissus' (1947).

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[DVblast05]

very very very good job, i m pretty sure all indian will watch and they gona feel very happy, thx

[rbsavant]

Wow what a great n rare footage. Feel blessed to be able to actually see a film shot in 1938 about india as it was. The real people, their costume, the landscape...everything and in colour too. I always wondered how it must have been in those days. Now I just want to see more n more of it. Thank you so much BFI films for giving us a peep into our past.

[dhksrksalem]

pure 

[aditya singh]

india was less populated then

[jatt singh]

that maharaja was cool

[zandos27]

Truly beautiful, I know there was a lot of poverty but life back then seemed more beautiful and simple I have always found watching Indian yoga's very moving I think deep down it's that need in me for a more simple life and to truly understand the true nature of reality , I would love to go India and sit with the yoga's  there's unique beauty to the land and all its people of India please do not ever lose that

[ravrockyc]

awasom

[Trung Huynh]

Modernization is stripping away ancient traditions in India more than the British ever did.

[dlotus42x]

you mean you were inpurgatory diana rigg,but then not spooning you every night is torture no rich morman can heal.

[calicocentric]

colorised?